Wiedemann & Berg Film Production Explained

Wiedemann & Berg Film / W&B Television
Type:GmbH
Industry:Film & television
Founded:2003 / 2010
Founder:Quirin Berg & Max Wiedemann
Hq Location:Munich, Germany
Website:www.w-b-film.de

Wiedemann & Berg Film is a German film production company founded by Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann in 2003. The company's first movie The Lives of Others[1] won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007.[2]

History

In 2003, while still studying at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (The University of Television and Film Munich), Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann founded Wiedemann & Berg Film.[3] W&B Television followed in 2010. Since January 2020, both companies are part of the studio Leonine. Both Berg and Wiedemann are shareholders and founding members of the studio and, as Leonine Holding's managing directors and chief production officers, lead the group's entire fiction production.[4]

Their first feature film was directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, titled The Lives of Others. It received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007, followed by Never Look Away, which was nominated for two Academy Awards in 2019.[5] Other cinematic features include Baran bo Odar's thriller Who am I and Simon Verhoeven's comedy Welcome to Germany, which had over 3 million theatergoers in 2016.[6] Nightlife, which opened in theaters on February 13, 2020, marked the fifth collaboration with Simon Verhoeven.[7]

Next to traditional production formats for free TV or linear television, Wiedemann & Berg has also positioned itself as the first German company within the new market of pay television and video on demand. In 2012, the first German self-produced pay TV show was created for TNT Serie,[8] followed by 4 Blocks.[9] Wiedemann & Berg also produced Dark, the first German Netflix Original[10] and Pagan Peak, one of the first originals for Sky Deutschland.[11] Tribes of Europa is another series that's being produced for Netflix.[12]

Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann are members of Deutsche Filmakademie,[13] British Film Academy[14] as well as European Film Academy.[15]

Awards and accolades

Wiedemann & Berg Film and Wiedemann & Berg Television's producers and productions have received an Academy Award, Auszeichnung der Deutschen Akademie für Fernsehen (Award of the German Academy for TV),[16] BAFTA,[17] Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (Bavarian TV Award),[18] Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Award),[19] César,[20] European Film Award,[21] Hollywood Reporter Award,[22] Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German TV Award),[23] Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Award),[24] Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste (TV Film Award of the German Academy of Performing Arts),[25] Goldene Kamera (Golden Camera),[26] Grimme-Preis (Grimme Award),[27] LA Critics Award,[28] Magnolia Award,[29] Rockie Award,[30] Romy[31] and Golden Globe.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dawtrey. Adam. 2012-01-06. Wiedemann, Berg take risk with 'Others'. 2020-07-07. Variety. en.
  2. Web site: 2011-08-06. Nominees & Winners for the 79th Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. 2020-07-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20110806185654/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2000-present/79nominees.html. 2011-08-06.
  3. Web site: Max Wiedemann and Quirin Berg • Producers. 2020-07-07. Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. en.
  4. Web site: Endemol Shine Sells 'Dark' & '4 Blocks' Producer Wiedemann & Berg Television To KKR-Backed Leonine. White. Peter. 2019-11-15. Deadline. en. 2020-05-25.
  5. News: 2019-02-25. Oscars 2019: Winners in full. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-05-25.
  6. Web site: The German Film Scene 2016 - Annual Report German Films.
  7. Web site: "Nightlife"-Macher: Quirin Berg & Simon Verhoeven über Freundschaft. 2020-07-07. bild.de. de.
  8. News: SPIEGEL. Stefan Niggemeier, DER. "Add a Friend": Erste Serie in Eigenproduktion von Pay-TV-Sender TNT - DER SPIEGEL - Kultur. 2020-07-07. Der Spiegel. 19 September 2012 . de.
  9. Web site: Keslassy. Elsa. 2017-09-25. Amazon Secures Global Rights to German Gangster Drama '4 Blocks'. 2020-07-07. Variety. en.
  10. Web site: DARK, THE FIRST NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES PRODUCED IN GERMANY COMMENCES PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY. 2020-07-07. Netflix Media Center. en.
  11. Web site: Clarke. Stewart. 2019-01-25. Sky Takes German Drama 'Pagan Peak,' From Producers of 'Dark,' to U.K.. 2020-07-07. Variety. en.
  12. Web site: Drehstart für deutsche Netflix-Serie "Tribes of Europa". GmbH. DWDL de. DWDL.de. de. 2020-05-25.
  13. Web site: Mitglieder. Deutsche Filmakademie. de-DE. 2020-05-25.
  14. Web site: Current members of the Academy. 2016-01-26. www.bafta.org. en. 2020-05-25.
  15. Web site: European Film Academy : Members. www.europeanfilmacademy.org. 2020-05-25.
  16. Web site: Blickpunkt:Film News "Deutsche Emmys": "4 Blocks" räumt alles ab. 2020-07-07. www.mediabiz.de. de.
  17. Web site: 2008 Film Film Not in the English Language BAFTA Awards. 2020-07-07. awards.bafta.org.
  18. Web site: Der Blaue Panther – 27. Bayerischer Fernsehpreis: Bekanntgabe der Preisträger Bayerisches Landesportal. 2020-07-07. de.
  19. Rundfunk. Bayerischer. 2019-01-25. Bayerischer Filmpreis: Freude über vier Auszeichnungen für BR-Kinokoproduktionen. de.
  20. Web site: 'Les Miserables' Wins Best Film at Cesar Awards, Polanski Takes Best Director. 2020-07-07. The Hollywood Reporter. 28 February 2020 . en.
  21. Web site: European Film Academy : European Film Awards Winners 2006. 2020-07-07. www.europeanfilmacademy.org.
  22. Web site: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER AWARD. 2020-07-07. FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE. de-DE.
  23. Web site: Deutscher Fernsehpreis: "Preis der Freiheit" und "Eine harte Tour" mehrfach erfolgreich. 2020-07-07. beta.blickpunktfilm.de.
  24. Web site: Das Leben der Anderen • Deutscher Filmpreis. 2020-07-07. Deutscher Filmpreis. de-DE.
  25. Web site: FernsehfilmFestival Baden-Baden Fernsehfilmpreis 2016. 2020-07-07. www.fernsehfilmfestival.de.
  26. Web site: GmbH. DWDL de. Goldene Kamera für "Der Pass" und "Aufbruch in die Freiheit". 2020-07-07. DWDL.de. de.
  27. Web site: Der Pass (Wiedemann & Berg/epo-Film für Sky). 2020-07-07. www.grimme-preis.de. de.
  28. Web site: www.adam-makes-websites.com. Adam Jones-. Awards for 2006 - LAFCA. 2020-07-07. www.lafca.net.
  29. Web site: "Tannbach" in Shanghai ausgezeichnet. 2020-07-07. beta.blickpunktfilm.de.
  30. Web site: Rockie Award für "Tannbach - Schicksal eines Dorfes". 2020-07-07. beta.blickpunktfilm.de.
  31. Web site: Akademie-Romys: Deutsche Produktionen räumen ab. 2020-07-07. beta.blickpunktfilm.de.

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